Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The pollution in the priests would be an aggravated one, inasmuch as they would have to forego their sacred functions. Compare Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 44:31. The general prohibition occurs in Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 17:15; Exodus 22:31.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Leviticus 22:8:
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
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